At my voice, people entering and leaving the hotel started to murmur and look over.
One of the employees looked like they were about to approach because of the noise.
“Follow me.”
After telling Ji Seo Joon, I walked briskly and hailed a taxi.
“What are you doing, not coming quickly!”
The guy, who was usually sharp, was sulking and trudging from a distance.
On the taxi ride home.
I didn’t say a word. Ji Seo Joon also remained silent. The only sound was the radio the taxi driver had turned on.
In the middle of the hot summer. If you’re feeling irritable with your family or having a minor argument with your lover, how about listening to this song and cooling off?
A refreshing song introduced by the radio DJ flowed from the speakers.
As the song was nearing its end, the taxi entered the neighborhood.
“Sir. Just let me off here.”
The place I asked to be dropped off was the playground where Ji Seo Joon had saved me from delinquent teenagers.
Ji Seo Joon, who followed me out of the car, frowned in the blazing sun and asked,
“Why did we get off here? It’s boiling hot.”
I ignored Ji Seo Joon’s words, went into the playground, and sat down on a bench under a tree shade. Then, Ji Seo Joon sat about two feet away from where I was sitting.
It was a holiday, but there were no children playing in the playground due to the scorching weather.
“Honestly, why did you come out?”
“……”
Ji Seo Joon, whose lips had instantly sealed shut in the taxi, kept his mouth tightly shut.
“If you don’t speak, I’ll tell the lady and gentleman.”
At my words, Ji Seo Joon hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.
“Like I said before. I was curious. About the man you’re seeing.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. When I came to my senses, I was in front of the hotel.”
“Were you bothered by the man I’m seeing?”
Ji Seo Joon clamped his mouth shut again.
“I’ll have to call the lady and gentleman right now if….”
Today, I brought my favorite bag, ready to face him. As I was about to take out my phone from that bag, Ji Seo Joon seized my wrist.
“Speak up. Say it.”
When I glared at the hand that was holding my wrist, he immediately loosened his grip.
He seemed to want to say something, opening his mouth slightly, but seemed unable to speak easily. He messed up his neatly set hair.
Then, with his long legs, he kicked a milk carton someone had left in front of the bench. After that, he raised his voice as if blaming me.
“Wasn’t it too much? You said you were seriously considering, and then you’re ready to face him?”
“What?”
“We only have a month and a few days left. You couldn’t wait and had to….”
I opened my mouth and gawked like a fish.
Surely, in my head, I was shouting to kick Ji Seo Joon’s slender shins, but my body didn’t follow.
“And what’s with your outfit? You really put in the effort, didn’t you? Moon Da Yul?”
Ji Seo Joon, who had been scanning me from head to toe, abruptly turned his head away.
A brief silence.
A cicada clung somewhere on a tree, fervently calling for its mate.
“When did I…say I was ready to face him? I said I was thinking about it.”
After several deep breaths, I barely managed to hold onto the edge of my sanity and spoke to Ji Seo Joon.
“You mean you’ve thought about it? Shouldn’t you have refused right there?”
Ji Seo Joon, who had been furiously fuming all by himself, suddenly stood up.
“Why did you eat the next meal? You should have just paid for the coffee!”
Ji Seo Joon knew all about the conversation between the man I faced and me, as well as the situation at the counter.
I can’t stand it anymore!
I, too, abruptly stood up and stood in front of Ji Seo Joon.
“If you told me not to face him, I wouldn’t have! You told me to do as I please!”
As I vented my anger, this time Ji Seo Joon was surprised and took a step back.
Where are you running off to?
I grasped his collar tightly with one hand.
“So, I reluctantly went to see the guy you dislike. What? What about the food and coffee bill?”
Ji Seo Joon seemed to want to say something, opening his mouth slightly, but under my momentum, he couldn’t say anything and just looked down at me.
“You behave properly. If you don’t like that I’m seeing him, say so. If you don’t like me seeing other men, then say so directly. As you said, I don’t have a hint of subtlety, so if you don’t speak clearly, I won’t understand. Got it?”
I released his collar and shook my hand off.
Seeing Ji Seo Joon nodding his head in dismay, my excitement subsided a little.
“I’m hungry. I couldn’t even eat because of you. Let’s go get some food.”
Feeling satisfied at seeing Ji Seo Joon’s pathetic figure after a long time, I turned around and headed towards the playground entrance. Then, a sudden thought made me look back at Ji Seo Joon following me.
Are you jealous right now?
I lifted the corners of my mouth without Ji Seo Joon noticing and looked ahead again.
“Do we have to come all the way here to eat cold noodles?”
We had arrived at a cold noodle restaurant, which took 40 minutes by public transportation. Despite the sweltering weather, the place was crowded, and we had been waiting for 10 minutes.
Just as my mood was about to turn sour due to hunger, our ticket number was called.
We took our seats and looked around while waiting.
“We should order dumplings too.”
At my suggestion, Ji Seo Joon raised his hand to order additional dumplings.
In no time, two bowls of cold noodles were served. The moment I tasted it, I opened my eyes wide and gave Ji Seo Joon a thumbs up.
“How did you find this place?”
He hadn’t been in the U.S. for long, but it seemed like he had already discovered a hidden gem.
“When I was in the military, a senior taught me about this place. I didn’t even know this shop was still here.”
Well, as long as it’s delicious.
On our way out after finishing all the dumplings, I tried to hide my bloated stomach, unusually prominent due to my tight clothes, behind my cute bag.
Seeing me like that, Ji Seo Joon suggested we take a taxi.
“You need to save a little on taxi fares. Better to save that money and buy me a bag instead. My cute bag needs a friend.”
Ignoring my words outright, Ji Seo Joon hailed a taxi. He had returned to his carefree self.
Seeing him like that, I momentarily regretted eating the cold noodles.
In front of my house.
I told him not to get off and just go, but he got off the taxi with me and sent it away.
“Why. Do you have something to say?”
Ji Seo Joon glanced at me in response to my words.
He seemed to be looking at me more carefully these days. Those eyes felt unfamiliar.
“Are you going to have a meal together?”
“Speak properly without cutting off sentences.”
“Are you going to have a meal with the matchmaker guy later?”
Did he follow me off the taxi because he was curious about that?
Facing his unfamiliar gaze, I spoke.
“What would you prefer I did?”
“….”
After a moment’s hesitation, Ji Seo Joon opened the cute mouth I had pulled at.
Just then,
“Oh my! Ji Seo Joon! What brings you here?”
My mom, holding a trash bag in one hand, just opened the apartment complex entrance door.
“Hello.”
Ji Seo Joon politely greeted her as usual.
“I see. Are you on your way home? Huh? Moon Da Yul? You’re home early?”
Only then did my mom notice her own daughter.
“Yes, I came home early.”
“Why? Did you not like the guy from the blind date?”
At my mom’s words, I glanced at Ji Seo Joon.
“I had work at the company, so we parted ways less than 30 minutes after we met.”
“What?”
The voice of our house’s Mrs. Kim echoed around the apartment complex.
“That’s what happened.”
“So, what about him?”
“He was understanding?”
“There’s nothing we can do if it’s work… Then are you going to see him again?”
I looked at Ji Seo Joon once more. Ji Seo Joon also looked at me.
“No. I don’t want to see him.”
That’s what I answered.
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An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
